• DOI:10.3386/w21126
Corpus ID: 51058729

Is the Focus on Food Deserts Fruitless? Retail Access and Food Purchases Across the Socioeconomic Spectrum

@article{Handbury2016IsTF,
  title={Is the Focus on Food Deserts Fruitless? Retail Access and Food Purchases Across the Socioeconomic Spectrum},
  author={Jessie Handbury and Ilya Rahkovsky and Molly Schnell},
  journal={National Bureau of Economic Research},
  year={2016}
}

Jessie Handbury, Ilya Rahkovsky, Molly Schnell

Published 2016

Economics

National Bureau of Economic Research

Using novel data describing the healthfulness of household food purchases and the retail landscapes consumers face, we measure the role of access in explaining why wealthier and more educated households purchase healthier foods. We find that spatial differences in access, though significant, are small relative to spatial differences in the nutritional content of sales. Socioeconomic disparities in nutritional consumption exist even among households with equivalent access, and the healthfulness… CONTINUE READING

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